Naughty Dog Boss Officially Comments on Next Game’s Status

Published Nov 12, 2026, 11:18 AM EST Willa Rowe is a contributing writer at Polygon, covering games and entertainment. She is a New York-based journalist and critic whose work has been featured in Kotaku, Digital Trends, the A.V. Club, GamesRadar+, and more. She also co-hosts the Girl Mode podcast. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet sounds a lot further along than we expected Image: Naughty Dog Sign in to your Polygon.com account Information on Naughty Dog's next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, has been pretty sparse since its announcement back in 2024. Studio boss and game co-director Neil Druckmann just shared a major update, and it seems the game is close to completion. On a Revenge Of livestream hosted by Patton Oswalt at the Comic Creators Block Party 2026, Druckmann revealed that Intergalactic is in the "last stage of production." The game is fully playable, and the team at Naughty Dog is focused on refining and polishing it. Development hasn't been easy, however, and Naughty Dog reportedly made developers work overtime to meet deadlines. Intergalactic is the studio's first original IP since 2013's The Last of Us. The game will be a sci-fi bounty-hunting adventure that focuses on almost Soulslike melee combat rather than the studio's usual gunplay. Intergalactic is set 2,000 years in the future, in an alternate timeline that split off from our reality in the 1980s. Druckmann teased that players will crash on a desolate planet that serves as the center of a new religion. Naughty Dog has several more projects in the works Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment During this year's Last of Us Day (Sept. 26), Druckmann teased that Naughty Dog has at least two new projects in the early stages of development that would "expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond Part 1 and Part 2." That might mean the studio is ready to move on from Ellie's story, even if there is still room for a Part 3 eventually. Naughty Dog will also be returning to Uncharted in the near future, according to multiple reports. The game will feature series protagonist Nathan Drake, but it hasn't been confirmed whether he'll return as the leading man or mentor a successor. Shaun Escayg will direct the new Uncharted after helming Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, the standalone expansion that starred Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross. Free sign-up Get Polygon’s Wishlister newsletter A weekly cheat sheet to what you’ll eventually love to play. No buying, no commitment — just saving for later. Sign up free Free. Unsubscribe anytime.